Trainers’ Toolkit – Common points

	Exercise nr 43: Common points
Duration	15-20 min
Type of activity	Social / Body / Emotional / Cognitive
The goal of the exercise	The aim is to warm-up participants by asking them to find in smaller groups what they have in common.
Group size	3-15
Hashtags	#introduction #teambuilding
Materials & tools	an app with breakout rooms
Exercise agenda	A simple exercise to introduce participants to each other so they can bond and find common ground in an atmosphere of fun and creativity. Ask participants to jump into (you decide on how many) breakout rooms for 4-7 minutes to discuss what they have in common and how to show it using only body language. Each team should have 2-5 people. Explain that later they will perform it in front of the others without words. The task for the rest of the group is to guess what it is. This can be a favourite food, need or shared experience, it’s up to the group to decide.   Ask them if they understand or have questions by giving their reactions (f.e. with their thumb up or down).
Possible modifications	At the end, you can ask participants to share their moods in the chatbox.
Credits	Compiled by Fundacja Culture Shock for TRENDSS – Transnational Roadmap for Educators in Digital Soft Skills (https://trendss.eu/)Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0Co-funded by the Erasmus+Programme of the European Union